Hospitals in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District at Risk from Medicaid Cuts

KY‑06 covers 16 counties stretching across Central and Eastern Kentucky — from Anderson and Woodford in the Bluegrass to Estill, Bath, and Fleming on the Appalachian edge — and includes major population centers like Lexington, Georgetown, and Richmond.

• 196,729 residents (26.2%) depend on Medicaid for coverage.
• 6 of Kentucky’s 35 rural hospitals (~17%) identified as “at risk of closure” are located in KY‑06.
• Hospitals operate on narrow margins and face increased pressure under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s proposed Medicaid reductions.

How to read the map: county shading shows the share of residents without health insurance (lighter = fewer uninsured, darker = more). Pulsing red markers highlight hospitals the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy identifies as “at risk of closure.”